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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1323 - Full Version Release Date: July 6, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Joshua Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulcik, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:42:53 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1323 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. AMSAT: Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha “Noise of Summer” Mission Rescheduled 2. AMSAT: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Successfully Launches GOES-U Satellite 3. AMSAT: Satellite Shorts From All Over 4. WIA: United States Congress May Mandate AM Radio In Cars 5. FCC: FCC Proposes Rule Requiring Carriers To Unlock All Cellphones 6. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director - PART ONE 7. ARRL: Call For Nominations For ARRL Director and Vice Director - PART TWO 8. ARRL: ARRL VEC Services Update During Systems Disruption 9. ARRL: YOTA Camp Ham Shack Renamed For Bob Heil, K9EID, (SK) 10. ARRL: New ARRL Section Managers Are Announced 11. ARRL: International Amateur Radio Union HF World Championship Occurs Next Weekend 12. ARRL: Logbook of The World Returns To Service 13. ARRL: The New Amateur Extra Class Question Pool Has Been Released 14. Ham Radio Event Held Annually In Friedrichshafen Germany A Big Success 15. Two Lithuanian-American Aviators Remembered In Upcoming Special Event 16. New Challenge Is Added By RSGB To This Years IARU HF Championship 17. ARRL: Amateurs activate the Hurricane Watch Net and provide communications for Hurricane Beryl 18. Upcoming RadioSport Contests and upcoming Conventions 19. The monthly Volunteer Monitor Report 20. FCC - ISP's Nationwide urge US Courts to block the FCC's Net Neutrality Regulations 21. AMSAT - AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees are announced 22. AMSAT - The AMSAT Mail Alias Service will end on August 01, 2024 23. WIA - Germany grants remote operation, DARC to build stations for remote use around the country 24. ARRL: ARRL and Momobeam introduce a dual beam antenna for both six and ten meters 25. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program application deadline is approaching 26. Four Meter privileges granted to amateurs in Germany are extended to the end of 2024 27. NASA hires SpaceX to build a craft to purposely deorbit the International Space Station Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will explain exactly How Does The International Amateur Radio Union Work? * The DX Corner with Bill Salyers, AJ8B with all the latest news on Radio Sport, DXpeditions, DX, upcoming contests, and more.. * The Weekly Propagation Forecast from Tad Cook, K2RA * Will Rogers, K5WLR - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Will goes back to the days of The Spark Gap with an article entitled The Squeak Box. Where we find that among pre-teens, mostly boys took to radio. ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. 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PODCAST: This Week in Amateur Radio Edition #1322 - Full Version Release Date: June 29, 2024 Here is a summary of the news trending This Week in Amateur Radio. This week's edition is anchored by Denny Haight, NZ8D, Dave Wilson, WA2HOY, Josh Marler, AA4WX, Don Hulick, K2ATJ, Will Rogers, K5WLR, Eric Zittel, KD2RJX, George Bowen, W2XBS, and Jessica Bowen, KC2VWX. Produced and edited by George Bowen, W2XBS. Approximate Running Time: 1:31:28 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service: Podcast Download: https://bit.ly/TWIAR1322 Trending headlines in this week's bulletin service 1. FCC: ISPs Urge Court To Block FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules 2. AMSAT: AMSAT Board of Directors Nominees Announced 3. AMSAT: UPDATE: AMSAT Mail Alias Service To End August 1, 2024 4. WIA: Germany To Grant Remote Operation, DARC To Build Stations Around The Country 5. WIA: International Amateur Radio Union Monitoring System Report 6. ARRL: 2024 ARRL Field Day Wrap Up 7. ARRL: ARRL and Momobeam Introduce Dual Band Beam Antenna for Six and Ten Meters 8. ARRL: ARRL Club Grant Program, Application Deadline Approaching 9. ARRL: 25th Anniversary Of Route 66 On The Air 10. ARRL: Zion 2024 A New Amateur Radio Convention and Expo Event Takes Place July 12/13 In St. George, Utah 11. Australian Court Delivers Decision On Amateur Radio Death 12. Thirteen Colonies Special Event Operation Coming Up 13. Japan's Wartime Raids Over Australia Marked By Upcoming Special Event 14. Earthquake Awareness Added To Clubs Field Day 15. Australian Regulator ACMA Seeks Input On Proposed Repeater and Beacon Licensing 16. Listeners Via Shortwave Give Aid At Train Mishap 17. 4 Meter Privileges In Germany Are Extended Until The End Of 2024 18. California Amateur Documentary Film May Become A TV Series 19. Alexanderson Alternator Will Be On The Air 20. SpaceX Is Building A Craft To Intentionally Destroy The International Space Station 21. Upcoming Contests in RadioSport and Convention and Hamfest listings 22. AMSAT: Starliner brings another ham to the International Space Station 23. ARDC: ARDC announces Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE, Joins ARDC Board 24. FCC: FCC approves mysterious Space X device - The Starlink Mini Backpack Dish 25. ARRL: Amateurs are now gaming on the amateur radio digital modes (FT8) 26. A popular Massachusetts electronics retailer announces shutdown 27. Wifi router manufacturer receives FCC fine for selling overpower routers 28. NORAD improves tracking of amateur radio and civilian balloons Plus these Special Features This Week: * Working Amateur Radio Satellites with Bruce Paige, KK5DO - AMSAT Satellite News * Foundations of Amateur Radio with Onno Benschop VK6FLAB, will tell us how to access a radio remotely. * Bill Salyers, AJ8B - The DX Corner with all the latest radio sport news on DXpeditions, working DX, upcoming contests, and more * Weekly Propagation Forecast from the ARRL * Bill Continelli, W2XOY (SK) - The History of Amateur Radio. This week, Bill continues with the history of amateur radios Fallen Flags with a look back at the Hammerlund Radio Corporation * Will Rogers, K5WLR - A Century of Amateur Radio. This week, Will looks back at how one article published in the very first edition of QST, went on to organize relay stations ----- Website: https://www.twiar.net X: https://x.com/TWIAR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twiari YouTube: https://bit.ly/TWIARYouTube RSS News: https://twiar.net/?feed=rss2 Automated (Full): https://twiar.net/TWIARHAM.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) Automated (1-hour): https://www.twiar.net/TWIAR1HR.mp3 (Static file, updated weekly) ----- Visit our website at www.twiar.net for program audio, and daily for the latest amateur radio and technology news. You can air This Week in Amateur Radio on your repeater! Built in identification breaks every 10 minutes or less. This Week in Amateur Radio is heard on the air on nets and repeaters as a bulletin service all across North America, and all around the world on amateur radio repeater systems, weekends on WA0RCR on 1860 (160 Meters), and more. This Week in Amateur Radio is portable too! The bulletin/news service is available and built for air on local repeaters (check with your local clubs to see if their repeater is carrying the news service) and can be downloaded for air as a weekly podcast to your digital device from just about everywhere. This Week in Amateur Radio is also carried on a number of LPFM stations, so check the low power FM stations in your area. You can also stream the program to your favorite digital device by visiting our web site www.twiar.net. Or, just ask Siri, Alexa, or your Google Nest to play This Week in Amateur Radio! This Week in Amateur Radio is produced by Community Video Associates in upstate New York, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. If you would like to volunteer with us as a news anchor or special segment producer please get in touch with our Executive Producer, George, via email at w2xbs77@gmail.com. Also, please feel free to follow us by joining our popular group on Facebook, and follow our feed on X! Thanks to FortifiedNet.net for the server space! Thanks to Archive.org for the audio space.

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